Articles
Seraphic Fire, Miami’s feted chamber choir, set to launch 10th season – Oct 17, 2011
At a typical concert of a symphony orchestra, the audience streams into a downtown performing arts center and the conductor opens the proceedings [...]
Boston Symphony launches a transitional season with an eye toward future podium potential – Sep 30, 2011
The season-opening concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra Friday night will be accompanied by the usual champagne, evening gowns, and festive mood. But it [...]
Polenzani ready for the challenge of “Hoffmann” at the Lyric Opera – Sep 29, 2011
Tenor Matthew Polenzani was looking at two important debuts in Chicago last week. The first was one that local music lovers have been anticipating [...]
William Mason looks back on five decades at the Lyric Opera of Chicago – Sep 23, 2011
If William Mason is melancholy or wistful about leaving the opera company that has been the center of his life for five decades, he’s [...]
“Heart of a Soldier” creators hope the new opera’s personal story will transcend the 9/11 particulars at San Francisco Opera – Sep 02, 2011
There have been plays about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. There have been poems and films, TV specials, art exhibits and books. John Adams won [...]
W(h)ither American opera? – Jul 04, 2011
The Lyric Opera’s move into Broadway musicals — and away from American opera — raises questions of artistic vision The appointment last April of [...]
Kalmar and Bell prove a dynamic working duo at the Grant Park Music Festival – Jun 12, 2011
The Grant Park Music Festival, which kicks off its 77th season of outdoor concerts Wednesday night, is one of Chicago’s most pleasurable paradoxes. Concerts [...]
MacMillan choral premiere to take place in Chicago – Jun 02, 2011
The performance of Bach’s epic St. Matthew Passion last month was the first local fruit of Soli Deo Gloria, the Glen Ellyn-based organization founded [...]
For composer David DiChiera, his “Cyrano” is a romantic dream come true – Apr 13, 2011
In a long career in opera, David DiChiera has placed a lot of bets on likely losers. For the location of his new opera [...]
After five years, the Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami residency remains both prized and controversial – Apr 07, 2011
Now closing the fifth season of its annual residency in Miami, the Cleveland Orchestra has brought Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony to public school children, master [...]
